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3 5-celled. Stigmas 1 3. Fruit not bursting, 1- or many- 

 celled, usually lifcjbhy. Perisperin fleshy. L. opposite. Slip, 

 rare. 



1. ADOXA. Cal. ^-inferior, 2 3-cleft. Cor. rotate, 4 5- 

 lubed. Stam. 8 10, m pairs alternate with the lobes of cor. ; 

 until, l-celled. Styles 5 10. Fr. 4 5-celled j cells 1- 

 seeded. L. ternate, lobed. 



2. SAMBUCUS. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed. 

 Stain. 5. Stigmas 3, senile. Fr. 3 4-seeded. L. pinnate. 



3. VIBURNUM. Cal.-limb 5-cleft. Cor. bell- or funnel-shaped, 

 5-lobed. Stain, 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit 1-seeded, 

 L. simple. 



4. LOXICERA. Cal.-limb small, 5-cleft. Cor. tubular or 

 funnelshaped, limb 5-tid or irregular. Stain. 5. Style fili- 

 form. Stigma capitate. Fruit 1 3-celled, few-seeded. 



5. LINNJEA. Cal.-limb 5-cleft, with lanceolate subulate equal 

 deciduous segments. Cor. turbiriate, bell-shaped, 5-lobed. 

 Stam. 4, rarely 5, 2 longer. Style filiform ; stigma capitate. 

 Fr. dry, 3-celled ; 2 cells barren, 1 single-seeded. Two 

 large and 2 minute bracts at the base of the fruit. 



1. ADOX'A Linn. Moschatel. 



1. A. Moschatel' Una (L.).J5. B. 453. Rhizome white, 

 fleshy, toothed, soboliferous. St. solitary, erect, simple, 3 i 

 in. high, with 2 opposite leaves, and a head of 4 whorled and 1 

 terminal flowers, iloot-1. ternate, 3-lobed. Stam. oiten more 

 or less united in pairs, showing their number to be normally 4. 

 Odour musky. Terminal fl. usually divided in fours, the others 

 in fives, but the numbers vary. Woods and shady hedge-banks. 

 P. IV. V. E. S. I. 



2. SAMBTJ'CUS Linn. Elder. 



1. S. Eb'ulus (L.) ; herbaceous, st. furrowed, stip. leqflike ovate 

 serrate, 1. pinnate, leaflets lanceolate serrate, cyme with 3 prin- 

 cipal branches. E. B. 475. St. 2 4 feet high. Cymes ter- 

 minal, compact. Fl. white, reddish externally ; anth. purple. 

 Fr. reddish black. Hedge-banks. P. VIII. Dwarf Elder. 

 Danewort. E. S. I. 



2. S. niyra (L.) ; arborescent, stip. inconspicuous or wanting, 1. 

 pinnate, leaflets ovate cuspidate serrate, cymes with 5 principal 

 branches. E. B. 476. A small tree. Cymes large, terminal. 



